Pneumatic tire.



Patented May 2,1916.

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WITNESSES:

ATTORN Y.

"HUG-H D. PEASLEEpOF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

PNEUMATIC TIRE.

Patented May 2, 11916.

A Application filed February 10, 1914. Serial No. 817,777.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HUGH D. PEASLEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fresno, in the county of Fresno and State of California, have invented a new and useful Pneumatic Tire, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to pneumatic tires and its object is to give greater wearing strength to such tires without decreasing their resiliency.

Another object of the invention is to produce a tire of, such a material as will not be affected by heat in the vulcanization process.

Another object of the invention is to produce a tire which will be practically puncture proof because of the great tensile strength of the tapes making up the body of the tire. I

An embodiment of the invention is shownin the drawing, in which the same reference numeral as applied to the same portion throughout." a

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of the tire, portions thereof being broken away for purposes of illustration,'Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the tire, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the tape used in forming.

the tire, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the tape used in forming the tire, portions thereof being broken away for purposes of illustration.

The numeral l represents the body of the tire which may be made of any suitable vul- 1 canizable material. This body is surrounded by a number of layers of tape 2 capable of being vulcanized into one piece with the body of the tire. The tread portlon has a heavy breaker strip portion 3 around which passes one of the layers of tape 2 and on the outside there is another tread portion 4 to come "in contact with the road, another portion of the diagonal strips passing within the breaker strips 5.

The base of the tire is made inextensible v in a well known manner by the use of a series of wires or cables 5 embedded thereinand around which the tape 2 passes. The

tape 2 is made up of a series of longitudinally extending Wires 8, said wires being woven together by means of an asbestos thread 9 to form a wire and asbestos tape,

of tape herein described lies in the fact that the asbestos forms a binder to hold the longitudinal wires together and forms an absorbent body for the liquid rubber compound forced thereinto, thereby producing a tape capable of great longitudinal strength, While it is held together by a material which is unaffected by heat in the vulcanizing process and unaffected by the heat ofgrpad driving as well. Such a number of layers of the wire and asbestos tape to make up a tire of the desired thickness may be used as the tire sizes require. Inasmuch as the wire tape is put on with the wire strands extending diagonally of the tread of the tire, it gives ample resiliency without unduly straining or bending thewires within the tape.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows, modifications within the scope of the claim being expressly reserved:

In a pneumatic tire, a tire body, said tire. body having a breaker strip portion and tension members comprising layers of tape extending diagonally across the tread of the tire above and below the breaker strip portion, each tape being made up of a series of continuous bands made of metal wires and asbestos thread holding said wires together, and rubber impregnating the asbestos threads and breaker strips and vulcanized into the body of the tire. i

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of January, A. D. 1914, in the presence of the two subscribed witnesses.

HUGH D. P aAsLEE. 

